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I Don’t Know
Sometimes is the best answer even in an interview — it can help you win it
Admitting that I do not know something I feel like I am “supposed” to, was a hard thing for me to do. It still is. Especially when my 8-year-old daughter asks me something, I feel the immense pressure of being the all knowing super woman in her world and I feel like if I admit that I don’t know, her whole image of me will come crashing down. Okay, a bit of an exaggeration. I want to hold on to the feeling of being able to answer all her questions and fix everything in her life.
This is like how I felt early on in my career as a recruiter. I had a very hard time admitting that I did not know what something means. I mean, I had a degree in Computer Science, and I am trying to decide who is a good fit for the job or not. I thought if I admitted that I did not know every technology that existed I would look like an idiot. So, I spent many late nights googling all about technologies, how they relate to each other, everything they can be called, etc.
I am here to tell you there is a better way. It is to admit that you don’t know.
Once I got a bit more comfortable in my role, I learned that no one expected me to know it all. In fact, the smartest people I know in the industry openly admits that they don’t know something. These are usually the ones that their staff and…
